Title 19, Customs DutiesRelease 119-102

§2095 Definitions

Title 19 › CHAPTER 11 — IMPORTATION OF PRE-COLUMBIAN MONUMENTAL OR ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE OR MURALS › § 2095

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key words used in this chapter. "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Treasury. "United States" includes the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. "Pre‑Columbian monumental or architectural sculpture or mural" means stone carvings or wall art made by pre‑Columbian Indian cultures of Mexico, Central America, South America, or the Caribbean Islands that were part of immovable monuments or attached to them, are controlled for export by their country, and includes fragments. "Country of origin" is the country where the work was first found.

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Title 19, §2095

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For the purposes of this chapter—

(1)The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Treasury.

(2)The term “United States” includes the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

(3)The term “pre-Columbian monumental or architectural sculpture or mural” means—

(A)any stone carving or wall art which—

(i)is the product of a pre-Columbian Indian culture of Mexico, Central America, South America, or the Caribbean Islands;

(ii)was an immobile monument or architectural structure or was a part of, or affixed to, any such monument or structure; and

(iii)is subject to export control by the country of origin; or

(B)any fragment or part of any stone carving or wall art described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.

(4)The term “country of origin”, as applied to any pre-Columbian monumental or architectural sculpture or mural, means the country where such sculpture or mural was first discovered.

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19 U.S.C. § 2095

Title 19, Customs Duties

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102